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demigoddess

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97. the best machine I know

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 03:53 PM

Feb 2014

I have the early edition of a Janome HD3000 and they now have it with those features and an up/down button, I believe. I own 3 machines.

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If you sew, here's some sage advice from the 1949 Singer Sewing Manuel! [View all] MoonRiver Feb 2014 OP

I love the sound of a sewing machine madokie Feb 2014 #1

My mom sewed too, as I do. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #2

I think it had more to do with the PotatoChip Feb 2014 #8

I think that kind of advice was ubiquitous back then. KitSileya Feb 2014 #9

"wives and lovers" niyad Feb 2014 #23

No, that was nice. PotatoChip Feb 2014 #4

My Mother Sewing hootinholler Feb 2014 #6

LOL, my mom had a Singer Touch and Sew machine, which we called the Touch and Cuss. winter is coming Feb 2014 #12

It was a Singer hootinholler Feb 2014 #18

Sounds familiar. 100 needles. Yeesh! winter is coming Feb 2014 #19

Actually, you should change needles out enlightenment Feb 2014 #34

Good to know. I do change them from time to time, although perhaps not that often. winter is coming Feb 2014 #90

I've had a needle break and a piece fly out and <tink> against one glasses lens. Nay Feb 2014 #107

Yeesh! Sounds incredibly scary. n/t winter is coming Feb 2014 #109

I have my mom's sewing machine and you just described it! :) nt Mojorabbit Feb 2014 #60

Aw, that brought back memories. polly7 Feb 2014 #7

I wasn't bored. Your post was a pleasant memory. HappyMe Feb 2014 #11

We still have Grandmother's Singer in the family. sdfernando Feb 2014 #63

I have one, too. Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #89

Me too! I associated it with grandma and mom loving us and doing things for us. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #79

You won't bore me. My mom sewed, too, but she didn't consider herself Nay Feb 2014 #105

Bwaaaaaaaah malaise Feb 2014 #3

What do you expect when you get advice from a Spaniard? hootinholler Feb 2014 #5

OMG BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #41

I have officially watched too many Fawlty Towers episodes hootinholler Feb 2014 #55

Que? BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #58

The British comedy Fawlty Towers hootinholler Feb 2014 #62

Que? BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #65

heheh eShirl Feb 2014 #86

Is he, by chance, from Barcelona? Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #74

Don't mention the war! BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #96

I'm showing that to my SO. RC Feb 2014 #10

I love sewing. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #13

Welcome to DU DoBotherMe Feb 2014 #32

Thank you and thank you. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #71

which brand of machine did you choose? northoftheborder Feb 2014 #59

I got the bottom of the line Viking. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #70

The Kenmore I have runs like a top. grasswire Feb 2014 #75

My best friend has one of those, and I have to agree. n/t winter is coming Feb 2014 #99

That's because it's fifty years old. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #131

the best machine I know demigoddess Feb 2014 #97

I've got a machine with a crapload of stitches, and only use a handful of them. winter is coming Feb 2014 #98

Which brand do you use & like that is computerized? northoftheborder Feb 2014 #102

I've got a Viking 1100. winter is coming Feb 2014 #104

My first appliance was a Domestic sewing machine, the last metal one before the plastic deluge catrose Feb 2014 #115

I don't think I'll be following that advice Mark Baker Feb 2014 #14

you nearly owed me a monitor! niyad Feb 2014 #25

Hah! RBStevens Feb 2014 #91

"a little bag full of French chalk' sounds delightful amuse bouche Feb 2014 #15

At one point in my impoverished and zanily interesting life, I bought a cheap, really cheap, treadle JDPriestly Feb 2014 #24

Oh the memories pipi_k Feb 2014 #37

Memere? French? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #52

Yep. I had a Memere too. nt laundry_queen Feb 2014 #69

you can do anything on a straight stitch machine Alameda Feb 2014 #56

I dragged around one of those for years amuse bouche Feb 2014 #61

I wondered if "French chalk" was a euphemism for cocaine. n/t winter is coming Feb 2014 #100

No. Talcum powder. jmowreader Feb 2014 #123

LOL. Ever have one of those mark-your-own-hem gadgets? winter is coming Feb 2014 #128

No, never made anything that needed it jmowreader Feb 2014 #135

That is from a time when one income could afford someone to stay home and raise a family. Lochloosa Feb 2014 #16

I am laughing so loud my birds are beginning to sing. Mira Feb 2014 #17

Priceless! I learned to sew in jr. high. I was awful. But I love to sew. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #20

Lipstick & age are handcaps fadedrose Feb 2014 #21

What, you no have an automatic threader? MoonRiver Feb 2014 #35

Longevity fadedrose Feb 2014 #42

Sounds like you're still going strong! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #44

I'm of two minds about this My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #22

I concur, and think there are times and places to make a small effort. MADem Feb 2014 #33

Manuel Who? navarth Feb 2014 #26

Better advise from Betty Hutton whistler162 Feb 2014 #27

Many, many nights I fell asleep with the sound of the old Singer singing down the hall NBachers Feb 2014 #28

+1. My mom made all sorts of things, but one of my favorites was a light quilt for the couch. winter is coming Feb 2014 #101

What are 'urgent housekeeping chores'? Having a sink full of sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #29

Well OK 4Q2u2 Feb 2014 #30

I did it professionally from home for a time HockeyMom Feb 2014 #31

So did my mom to help make ends meet. whistler162 Feb 2014 #49

I love that advice for all creative endeavors... magical thyme Feb 2014 #36

It's kind of like preparing for your first child. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #39

I love sewing but I don't look good in a dress or lipstick, high heels don't come in size 13.5 and uponit7771 Feb 2014 #38

You'd be surprised. GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #45

lol... I stand corrected uponit7771 Feb 2014 #47

Or wobble on six inch heels corrected. GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #68

that is the dumbest advice I have ever read snooper2 Feb 2014 #40

I think you're confusing instructions for sewing with instructions for frying bacon eridani Feb 2014 #125

I've got one of these - Moms'. It still works great. toby jo Feb 2014 #43

Whoa. ananda Feb 2014 #46

I fancy myself as mechanically inclined lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #48

be kind to that 130!! KT2000 Feb 2014 #77

I sold it lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #82

I took up sewing to make my own vests TlalocW Feb 2014 #50

After completing 9 Christmas stockings, I'm making my husband a reversible vest. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #83

I don't know how often (or if they even do) recycle pattern numbers TlalocW Feb 2014 #88

The secret is following instructions! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #94

I'm not wrapping my head around how buttons would work... TlalocW Feb 2014 #95

It's been over 20 years since I made a vest. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #113

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever use Vogue. Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #92

I used to make costumes for the movies.... AlbertCat Feb 2014 #51

Awesome. How cool is that? You must be incredibly taleented. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #67

Congratulations. I did children's theater costumes. Can only imagine doing it professional KittyWampus Feb 2014 #110

Sexism to be sure. Put on a clean pair of pants! Coyotl Feb 2014 #53

"advice," NOT "advise" OldRedneck Feb 2014 #54

Total empathy for you; the spelling and grammar online is annoying and sad. northoftheborder Feb 2014 #66

I will happily flame you amuse bouche Feb 2014 #73

No flames. I changed. I am usually very grammar astute. But that one slipped by. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #84

Do I really have to wear lipstick and powder my face? Fearless Feb 2014 #57

Yes, you do! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #85

Pearls and clip-on earrings too jmowreader Feb 2014 #122

I sewed piecework at home to help pay bills when my kids were young. vanlassie Feb 2014 #64

Vintage Singers are superior to today's home machines. Some progress since then, much regression. nt Romulox Feb 2014 #72

Kenmores, too. grasswire Feb 2014 #76

Nice. Every blog I read when shopping for a machine said to go vintage. Romulox Feb 2014 #78

My mother bought a Necchi when my sister was born in 1954. Laffy Kat Feb 2014 #81

I learned to sew on a Necchi. Ms. Toad Feb 2014 #93

Me too! My mother bought her Necchi in about 1954 as well- paid for it by sewing drapes vanlassie Feb 2014 #116

Make sure to oil it every now and then. LeftyMom Feb 2014 #117

Guess it already has. Laffy Kat Feb 2014 #121

Well here's what happened to Moms. She took impeccable care if it for years. vanlassie Feb 2014 #136

I learned to sew on vintage Singers. No way would I trade my Viking for one. n/t winter is coming Feb 2014 #103

*In the same price range* there's no comparison. Sub $500 in a modern machine is junk. Romulox Feb 2014 #112

Yes, computerized machines are expensive. I used a manual White machine several years ago that winter is coming Feb 2014 #114

My Singer treadle is 98 years old and works as well as the day it was delivered. LeftyMom Feb 2014 #118

Agree! CountAllVotes Feb 2014 #130

I'm glad it's not 1949 again... Rider3 Feb 2014 #80

I love to sew and do other hands on projects... glowing Feb 2014 #87

I sew the same way I read DU - in my pajamas! csziggy Feb 2014 #106

Those are really adorable. polly7 Feb 2014 #129

Making them helped me work through my grief csziggy Feb 2014 #133

I bet they did. polly7 Feb 2014 #134

...If you prick your finger, under no circumstances say the word "Rumplestiltskin" Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #108

I sew... jmondine Feb 2014 #111

Sewing while listening to baseball in the radio, in one's pajamas, while nursing a soy latte, LeftyMom Feb 2014 #119

That's the thing I love about my little local sewing studio Kennah Feb 2014 #120

I sewed professionally for years.... zabet Feb 2014 #124

I spent one of my first paychecks on a Singer sewing machine CountAllVotes Feb 2014 #126

I wonder if Katrina Helmkamp has done her dishes and made the beds? Ms. Heimkamp is the CEO of SVP lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #127

Can someone please define to me Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #132

Her sewing machine was my mother's most cherished possession Doremus Feb 2014 #137